Bradley N. Doebbeling, MD, MSc, FACP

Dr. Bradley N. Doebbeling, MD, MSc, FACP is Medicine Department Professor of Health Services Research at IU School of Medicine, Director of the VA HSR&D Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-based Practice and the IU Center for Health Services Outcomes Research, one of three programs of the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Dr. Doebbeling is a health care epidemiologist whose focus on implementation identifies the organizational, provider and patient factors that influence adoption and adherence to health systems interventions. His research then help design and implement health information technology, systems engineering, and process change tools to improve healthcare delivery. This work has resulted in over 130 published articles, 20 book chapters, and mentorship of more than 20 faculty and fellows. His research program is funded by NIH, VA, DoD, AHRQ and foundations. He is PI of the AHRQ Indianapolis ACTION (Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks) Collaborative, which responds to task orders from AHRQ to conduct and evaluate implementation projects.

He is an experienced research methodologist and mentor. A the University of Iowa, he developed the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation, supported by NIH K12 and K30 awards. He serves as Associate Director of the IU NIH K30 Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement (CITE) program, and directs VA fellowships in health services research, patient safety and informatics.

In 2006, he helped found the Indiana State Patient Safety Center. He has participated in advisory panels for IOM, NIH, CDC, NIOSH, DoD and the VA, and today is active on the Quality and Patient Care Board for Clarian Health, the Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety Executive Board, the Indiana Hospital and Health Association Council on Quality and Patient Safety, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Assistance Panel on Health Care Quality Benchmarking, and the National Guidelines Council and Decision Support Committees of the VA.

Richard M. Frankel, PhD

Principal Investigator
rfrankel@iupui.edu

Senior Scientist Richard Frankel, PhD is a qualitative health services researcher whose findings and original care delivery models have influenced the mechanics and culture of care in health systems as large as Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Frankel’s research examines patient-physician communication, non-verbal behavior and exam room computing during the medical encounter, health literacy, medical error, and patient safety.

Dr. Frankel is a leader in the Indiana University School of Medicine Relationship-Centered Care Initiative, a school-wide organizational change effort to reinvent its culture of academic medicine and patient care. He is Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics with the IU School of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist with the Regenstrief Institute.

In 2006, Dr. Frankel was named a Pfizer Visiting Professor in Clear Health Communication, as well as a Koppaka Family Foundation Scholar. He is past recipient of the American Academy on Physician and Patients George Engel Award for outstanding contributions to research and teaching on communication in the medical encounter.

David Haggstrom, MD, MAS

Principal Investigator
dahaggst@iupui.edu

David Haggstrom, MD, MAS is a General Internist and Physician Scientist at the Roudebush VAMC Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence in Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (CIEBP), a Research Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute, and Assistant Professor at Indiana University. Dr. Haggstrom completed Internal Medicine residency training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and served as Ambulatory Care Chief Resident at the Milwaukee VAMC. More recently, he completed research fellowships at the National Cancer Institute and University of California, San Francisco, where he also earned a Master's of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research. Dr. Haggstrom's research applies transdisciplinary methods to health care delivery across the cancer continuum. For breast and colorectal cancer, he has studied cancer-screening, treatment, and follow-up care among cancer survivors. His areas of expertise include cancer health services and implementation research, quality improvement and evaluation of the collaborative and chronic care models, health care disparities, and patient-provider communication. Dr. Haggstrom also has applied research interests in medical informatics and personal health records. He is a Staff Physician at the Indianapolis VAMC.

Laura E. Jones, PhD

Informatics Fellow
lj2@iupui.edu

Laura E. Jones, PhD is a VA Informatics Fellow for the Center, where she brings expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and the analysis of large databases to research focused on quality of care for persons with chronic illness - specifically the quality of care, according to evidence-based practices, that is delivered to persons with comorbid cancer, diabetes mellitus and/or depression. She earned a PhD in Epidemiology and a MSc in Biostatistics from the University of Iowa. Her corollary research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, mental comorbid medical illnesses.

Erin Krebs, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator
krebse@iupui.edu

Erin Krebs, MD, MPH is a General Internist, Physician Scientist at the Roudebush VAMC Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence in Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (CIEBP), and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University. Dr. Krebs completed Internal Medicine residency training at the University of Minnesota and served as Chief Resident at the Minneapolis VAMC. Subsequently, she completed fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also earned her MPH in Health Care & Prevention. She is committed to strengthening the evidence-based standard of care for pain management and to developing and testing practical, cost-effective pain management tools for primary care. Dr. Krebs’ related research interests include patient-provider communication, women’s health, mental health, substance abuse, and symptom management. She is a Staff Physician in the IU Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Clinic.

Kurt Kroenke, MD

Principal Investigator
kkroenke@iupui.edu

Dr. Kroenke's area of research focus covers the symptoms patients commonly present with in primary care - pain, depression, somatization, and anxiety. He has blazed a trail as a symptoms researcher, and has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, with new studies specifically examining stepped care and telecare managment of primary care patients and cancer patients with depression and pain.

Dr. Kroenke's second commitment is to research training for fellows and junior faculty. As the Center's Associate Director for Research Training and Professional Development, he has a leading role in recruiting faculty, fellows and staff to the Center, much as he does in his position as Director of Fellowship Training for the Regenstrief Institute. He is Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics of the IU School of Medicine. Dr. Kroenke is Director of the Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement (CITE) Program, which provides a Master of Science in Clinical Research through the IU Graduate School, and he is Associate Director of Education for the General Clinical Research Center.

Dr. Kroenke was an Army physician for 20 years, completing his service as a Colonel in the Medical Corps and stationed around the country and at the Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Hospital. He is a past President of the Society of General Internal Medicine and a Master in the American College of Physicians. Currently he is President-Elect of the Association of Clinical Research Training, a Board Member of the Association of Specialty Professors, and a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Services Research Study Section.

Jason Saleem, PhD

Principal Investigator
jsaleem@iupui.edu

Jason Saleem, PhD is a Research Scientist with the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-based Practice, Roudebush VAMC and Assistant Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI. His current research involves application of human factors engineering to enhance clinical information systems, including electronic decision support, as well as redesign of healthcare processes for improved safety.

Dr. Saleem received his Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Virginia Tech in 2003, specializing in human factors. He earned an M.S. degree from Virginia Tech’s ISE Department and a B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Industrial Engineering. During his graduate training and post-graduate experience, Dr. Saleem has been involved in the study and design of systems in complex domains such as industry, aviation, and healthcare, and has contributed original human factors investigations to the literature in each of these areas.

Michelle P. Salyers, PhD

Associate Director
mpsalyer@iupui.edu

Michelle P. Salyers, PhD is a clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher focused specifically on implementing evidence-based practices for psychiatric rehabilitation, quality of care, and illness self-management. She has several federally-funded research and implementation projects, which examine Assertive Community Treatment and Illness Management and Recovery. She is Co-Director of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Center of Indiana, a state-funded technical assistance program for implementing community-based solutions for adults with severe mental illnesses.

She is Associate Research Professor in the Department of Psychology of IUPUI. Dr. Salyers completed a clinical internship at Dartmouth Medical School, and was a NASMHPD Research Institute postdoctoral fellow at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. She serves on the Implementation and Management Research review panel for the Scientific Merit Review Board of the VA Health Services Research and Development Service.

Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR

Post-Doc Health Services Fellow
araschmi@iupui.edu

Arlene A. Schmid, PhD, OTR is a postdoctoral VA Fellow in Associated Health in the Center for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice at the Roudebush VAMC. She is involved in the VA Stroke QUERI and is interested in stroke rehabilitation and the development of fear of falling after stroke. She was previously funded as a pre-doctoral fellow to complete a study regarding the impact of post-stroke mobility on activities of daily living. Dr. Schmid completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Florida. In addition to her roles with the VA, Dr. Schmid is Assistant Professor in the Indiana University Occupational Therapy Department.

Amber Welsh, PhD

Patient Safety Fellow
welshca@iupui.edu

Amber Welsh, PhD is a VA Patient Safety Fellow for the Center for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice located at the Roudebush VA Medical Center. She earned her doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Houston in 1998 with a special emphasis in Organizational Development. She worked from 1996 - 2007 as an Organizational Development & Knowledge Management consultant. She is involved or will be involved in projects focused on improving healthcare processes such as patient handoffs, best practices for implementing change programs in healthcare systems, defining and understanding the impact of organizational and system culture on patient safety, and understanding the impact of employee satisfaction on patient safety.

Linda S. Williams, MD

Principal Investigator
linwilli@iupui.edu

Senior Investigator Linda S. Williams, MD is the Research Coordinator of the VA Stroke QUERI and Chief of Neurology for the Roudebush VAMC. She has developed a national reputation as a neurology health services researcher working to implement evidence to improve stroke care and outcomes.

Dr. Williams has developed the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL) and has conducted multiple federally-funded studies including a 5-year NINDS-funded study of a case management intervention for patients with post-stroke depression.

As Stroke Coordinator of the VA Stroke QUERI, she is instrumental in developing its research and implementation agenda, and she leads the QUERI’s goal group on post-stroke depression. Dr. Williams has received VA HSR&D funding for an implementation study to evaluate the effectiveness of extending the existing primary-care based annual depression screening tool to screen veterans for post-stroke depression. Dr. Williams is committed both as a researcher and as a clinician to improving the quality of care for veterans with stroke, and to advancing the science of implementation by testing implementation intervention strategies in real world settings.

Dr. Williams completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, and her neurology residency at the University of Rochester. She then completed fellowship training at Indiana University in Cerebrovascular Disease and Health Services Research. In addition to her roles at the VA, Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and a Research Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

Matthew Bair, MD, MS

Dawn Bravata, MD

Teresa Damush, PhD